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Actress Katey Sagal Joins HRC’s Americans for Marriage Equality

WASHINGTON – Today the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, released a video ad featuring actress Katey Sagal for its Americans for Marriage Equality campaign. In the video, Sagal states, “It’s absolutely crazy to me that most states are willingly harming families by denying gay and lesbian couples the right to marry.” The video can be viewed online at www.hrc.org/marriageequality.

“Katey Sagal knows that marriage and families are all about love and commitment,” said HRC President Chad Griffin. “Couples shouldn’t have to jump through unnecessary hoops put in place by lawmakers in order to provide for themselves and their families.”

Katey Sagal first gained fame as Peg Bundy on the groundbreaking family comedy series, Married… with Children. More recently, she’s starred on the show 8 Simple Rules in the role of Cate Hennessy, and currently voices the character of Leela on Fox’s animated series Futurama. Presently she stars as Gemma Teller Morrow in the FX drama series Sons of Anarchy, a role which earned her a Golden Globe in 2011. Sonsof Anarchy is currently in its 5th season and airs Tuesday nights at 10pm on FX.

About 53 percent of the American public supports marriage for same-sex couples, according to a number of nonpartisan polls, including Gallup, CNN, and Washington Post/ABC News.

Americans for Marriage Equality is a public engagement campaign featuring prominent Americans who support committed gay and lesbian couples getting married. The campaign draws from a cadre of supportive professional athletes, film and music celebrities, and political and civic leaders.

The Human Rights Campaign is America’s largest civil rights organization working to achieve lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality. By inspiring and engaging all Americans, HRC strives to end discrimination against LGBT citizens and realize a nation that achieves fundamental fairness and equality for all.

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5 Things to Know about LGBT Issues

1. There are roughly 9 million LGBT people in the US and more than 650,000 same-sex couples.

2. 19% of same-sex couples are raising children according to the US Census Bureau's 2011 American Community Survey.

3. There is no federal law that consistently protects LGBT individuals from employment discrimination; there are no state laws in 29 states that explicitly prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation, and in 32 states that do so based on gender identity.

4. More than 100 anti-LGBT bills have been filed in 29 state legislatures.

5. Marriage equality became the law of the land in June 2015 after the Supreme Court of the United States found bans on same-sex marriage to be unconstitutional-and that the fundamenal right to marriage is a fundamental right for all.